Considering how much drama and coverage surrounded the prototype iPhone leak, which was lost in a bar, you would think that insiders would be a little more careful with unreleased models they are carrying around. According to Gizmodo, apparently not. It seems the unreleased Motorola Droid Shadow was left in a corporate Verizon gym in Washington and found by a gym employee.

The report states that the employee was able to confirm the device has 16GB of internal storage, is powered by the Snapdragon processor, has a HDMI port, 4.3-in screen and an 8MP camera. The employee also went on to confirm that he saw a text message stating the phone was “unreleased” before it was remotely locked.

I would have to guess that the Verizon employee later picked up the smartphone none the wiser. You have to wonder if the gym employee will see any repercussions as a result of his scoop? Hopefully, someone at Verizon Wireless is smart enough to realize that no harm was really done and if anything this is free advertising for the Motorola Droid Shadow.

Reader Comments

hodar

Let’s see if I understand this correctly

Man gets a job working at Verizon’s Executive Gym. Said idiot finds Verizon confidential material, and proceeds to release this material to the public indiscriminately. Going as far as to reveil technical data on this material.

Now, this idiot says “Golly, I hope they don’t fire me …”.

Would this idiot say the same thing if a set of schematics, or an executive review were left in the lockers? If he saw an Apple contract agreement, and he scanned and uploaded these confidential materials onto the internet – would he think he deserves to keep his job?

My answer is simple. Fired, and as you go out the door; don’t forget to pick up the court summons from the Verizon lawyer, because I would take everything you own, and put a lien on everythig you earn until the damage you caused is compensated.

When you work for a company, one of the things you sign when you start your first day is a Confidentiality Agreement – this idiot violated this very basic agreement.

Don’t bite the hand that feeds you…

Arturo

Come on! It’s pretty obvious! It’s another viral campaign attempt, like the one apple did with the “lost” iPhone.At least Apple was creative enough to plan the strategy ahead of everone else.

lamorpa

Um, it was most likely left there as a publicity stunt, so this is exactly what they hoped would happen.

On a different note, the gym employee determined that it uses a Snapdragon processor? What did he do a quick teardown?

hodar

I guess the lawyers will be the one’s to determine if this is a viral marketing attempt, or an idiot. I think this is an idiot who was seeking his 15 minutes of fame – but will likely get a lifetime of punishment. Stupidity should be painful, and this man is likely gonna discover a whole new world of pain.

Consider, this idiot was on Verizon property, working on Verizon’s time, publically distributing Verizon Confidential material. Further, he signed Trade Secret papers – as is standard operating proceedures for any company – which he willfully violated.

And this idiot (no insult intended to those with an IQ lower than 80) actually thinks that he is somehow legally entitled to do what he did?

Dude, leave the soap on the shower floor.

http://arghyle.com Sal Cangeloso

“On a different note, the gym employee determined that it uses a Snapdragon processor? What did he do a quick teardown?”